Cycling: Van der Poel confirms that he spit because urine and beer were thrown at him

Mathieu Van der Poel achieved the seventh victory of his cyclocross season after winning the eleventh test this Saturday of the World Cup held in Hulst (Netherlands), In addition to its dominance over mud, the Dutch It made the news because in the last lap he spat at a group of spectators.

The image has caused great impact and the current world champion has confirmed that it was in response to a previous attack. The Belgian newspaper HLN and a retweet of the runner himself on the social network They point out that it had previously received a launch urine and beer by that group of spectators.

“I received a lot of boos. It’s been going on all year and I’m sick of it. “They didn’t stop shouting all kinds of things, even during the warm-up,” noted the runner of the Alpecin What did I warn about those attitudes? “it’s better to stay home.”

Van der PoeHe did not want to go into the comments he received: “What were they shouting? It’s better to ask them. I’m not going to repeat it. But those attitudes have no place in our sport. After a while, it’s enough, even for me“.